—his place of prayer.’ She called out to him, but he did not answer. She touched him, only to find that he was dead. (1)

Abū Ḥassān al-Ziyādī and Abū ʿUbayd say that he died in the year 75 AH.

121 – ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Samurah ibn Ḥabīb al-ʿAbshamī * (ʿ)

He is the son of ʿAbd Shams ibn ʿAbd Manāf ibn Quṣayy ibn Kilāb—Abū Saʿīd al-Qurashī, al-ʿAbshamī, the commander.

This is the lineage recorded by Hishām ibn al-Kalbī, Ibn Maʿīn, al-Bukhārī, Abū ʿUbayd, and others. Al-Zubayr ibn Bakkār and his uncle Muṣʿab add that he is the son of Samurah ibn Ḥabīb ibn Rabīʿah ibn ʿAbd Shams.

ʿAbd al-Raḥmān accepted Islam on the Day of the Conquest and was counted among the nobles. He settled in Basra and led the campaign against Sijistān as commander of the army. He is the Companion to whom the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “O ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, do not ask…”